The influence of induced and supervised parturitions on neonatal piglet survival

Radem, Jiken (1986) The influence of induced and supervised parturitions on neonatal piglet survival. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Thirsty crossbreds a hybrid sows and guilts were injected intramuscularly with 250 ug of cloprostenol on day 113 of gestation. Ten of these sows were given a further intramuscular injection of of 50 i. u. of oxytocin following the birth of the first piglet. Farrowings that occurred during the daytime working hours (from 0730 hrs, to 1700 hrs) were supervised. Twenty untreated sows that farrowed naturally during the same period served as controls. Of the treated sows, 93. 3% farrowed within 36 hours following induction. The majority {76.7%) of these farrowings occurred between 22 and 36 hour) following induction, with 73.3% occurring during the daytime working hours. The mean time interval between induction and farrowing was 25 +- 2 hours. Induction with cloprostenol did not result in any reduction in the duration of farrowing. Injection of oxytocin after the birth of the first piglet resulted in a significant reduction in the duration of farrowing to a mean o 78 minutes. The number of piglets born dead in induced/supervised farrowings and in spontaneous farrowings (control group) was 0. 4 piglet and 0. 8 piglet per little respectively. Early preweaning mortality (from bith to day 4 post-partum) in the litters of induced/supervised farrowings and spontaneous farrowings was 0. 7 and 1.3 piglet per litter respectively. This study show that induced and supervised farrowing resulted in an increase in neonatal piglet survival rates and could be adopted as a management tool to increase piglet survival rates.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Subjects:	S Agriculture > SF Animal culture
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Nurhaznita Mahmood
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2025 07:26
Last Modified:	30 Oct 2025 07:26
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2519

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